Qu. See, madam, she now comes to attend you.
Sec. God save my honourable knight and his worshipful lady.
Ge. Y’are very welcome; you must not put on your hat yet.
Sec. No, madam; till I know your ladyship’s further pleasure, I will not presume.
Ge. And is this a gentleman’s daughter new come out of the country? 332
Sec. She is, madam; and one that her father hath a special care to bestow in some honourable lady’s service, to put her out of her honest humours, forsooth; for she had a great desire to be a nun, an’t please you.
Ge. A nun? what nun? a nun substantive? or a nun adjective?
Sec. A nun substantive, madam, I hope, if a nun be a noun. But I mean, lady, a vowed maid of that order.
Ge. I’ll teach her to be a maid of the order, I warrant you. And can you do any work belongs to a lady’s chamber? 343
Si. What I cannot do, madam, I would be glad to learn.